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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: MR SAM BRIGHT <info@docway.ru>
Reply-To: <compensation_sam001@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2016 14:14:24 -0600
Subject: YOU ARE A LUCKY WINNER!!!


Hello How are you doing today, I am Mr. Sam Bright your fiduciary agent ass=
igned to assist you in the claims process of your winnings, I am in receipt=
of your completed verification form for your confirmation, having done all=
the proper verification exercise I hereby confirm that your winning detail=
s sent to this office corresponds with the record on my file. Your email ad=
dress was randomly selected along with 10 others from a database of over 25=
0,000 email addresses drawn across the continent, each email address was at=
tached to a ticket number and yours emerged as the number 7th winner of a C=
heck of US$2,000,000.00. which was converted to an atm card long ago. I the=
refore wish to congratulate you on behalf of your winnings. and to state th=
at you have been a lucky person to have emerged as a winner in the on going=
2014/2016 Lottery Promotions. Which you have not been able to receive for =
awhile now for personal reason known to you. As you are aware that there is=
a present Change in the United States of America as president donald trump=
was elected in as the President-elect of the United States of America. He =
stated that all funds Transfer/ Atm/ inheritance funds would be cancelled b=
y january next year after he is been sworn in. You are been contacted regar=
ding the presently development. This is to inform you that you would have t=
o receive your funds asap. All necessary payment have been made by the comp=
ensation management the only fee that was not paid was $100 for the securit=
y keeping fee of your funds that have been kept for a long period of time b=
ecause they do not know when you would finanlly come for it that was why it=
wasn't paid by the management. You would need to send payment of $100 with=
the follow informations below using a western union or a money gram: Recei=
ver's name: Tony Agatha Amount to send: $100USD Desrination Country: Abuja,=
Nigeria Text Question to use while making the payment: In God Text Answer =
: We Trust When you have made the payment you are to send back to me inform=
ation like Sender's name: .............? Sender's Address: Sender's Phone #=
: M.T.C.N# / refence #...........? (Ten or Eight digit number to be given t=
o you by western union or moneygram) Note: There would be no other fee atta=
ched to this all you need do is to forward payment info for the security ke=
eping fee along with your phone number and your delivery address after whic=
h payment is confirmed your funds worth $2,000,000.00 would be sent to you =
within 24hours I await your payment information TODAY or TOMORROW so that t=
he delivery can commence. Regards, Mr. Sam Bright COMPENSATION HEAD OFFICER

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